Patents by Inventor Carlos Ayala
Carlos Ayala has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230155424Abstract: An auxiliary device for charging and facilitating hardware shutdown/reset of an electronic device includes a charge transmitter configured to transmit electric power signals, an input user interface for receiving a user input, a wireless control signal transmitter configured to transmit wireless control signals, and a microcontroller unit (MCU). The MC is configured to: determine a user instruction based on the user input; enable the wireless control signal transmitter to transmit a wireless control signal in response to the user instruction; and control the charge transmitter to selectively transmit the electric power signals according to a timing sequence selected based on the user instruction. In some embodiments, the input user interface and the wireless control signal transmitter are a same device (e.g., a slidable magnet).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Adam S. Trock, Fatemeh Delijani, Jalal Elidrissi, Carlos A. Ayala, Vijaya Kumar Parari, Afshin Bazargan
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Publication number: 20230156604Abstract: A system includes an electronic device and an auxiliary device for charging the electronic device and facilitating hardware shutdown/reset of the electronic device when the electronic device is being charged. The system includes an input user interface (e.g., on the auxiliary device or the electronic device) configured to receive a user input for hardware shutdown/reset of the electronic device. The electronic device includes a switch between a battery and a system load, a control circuit configured to open the switch to disconnect the battery and the system load, and a charging interface configured to receive electric power signals from the auxiliary device to power the control circuit, such that hardware shutdown/reset of the electronic device is performed when the electronic device is being charged, thereby preventing unintentional hardware shutdown/reset during normal use. In some embodiments, wireless control signals are used to initiate hardware shutdown/reset on the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Adam S. Trock, Fatemeh Delijani, Jalal Elidrissi, Carlos A. Ayala, Vijaya Kumar Parari, Afshin Bazargan
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Publication number: 20230155425Abstract: An electronic device includes a battery, a system load, a switch in an electrical connection path between the battery and the system load, a non-contact sensor configured to detect a wireless control signal associated with an instruction, a control circuit configured to open the switch to disconnect the battery and the system load in response to the detected wireless control signal, and a charging interface configured to receive electric power from an external source, where the control circuit and the non-contact sensor are powered through the charging interface rather than the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Adam S. Trock, Fatemeh Delijani, Jalal Elidrissi, Carlos A. Ayala, Vijaya Kumar Parari, Afshin Bazargan
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Patent number: 11001305Abstract: A motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a frame including a rail and an electrical distribution system routed at least partially through the rail. A method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Darin Joseph Bremmer, Carlos Ayala, Masahiro Kimoto, Leann Vernon, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Bradley Arnold Lammers, Doug G. Hughes, Pratyaksh Kamath
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Publication number: 20190283807Abstract: A motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a frame including a rail and an electrical distribution system routed at least partially through the rail. A method is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Darin Joseph Bremmer, Carlos Ayala, Masahiro Kimoto, Leann Vernon, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Bradley Arnold Lammers, Doug G. Hughes, Pratyaksh Kamath
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Patent number: 9873329Abstract: An exemplary power splitting assembly for an electrified vehicle includes a connector providing at least a portion of a first path and at least a portion of a second path. The first path is to transmit power between a traction battery and a first component. The second path is to transmit power between the traction battery and a second component.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Carlos Ayala
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Publication number: 20160318398Abstract: An exemplary power splitting assembly for an electrified vehicle includes a connector providing at least a portion of a first path and at least a portion of a second path. The first path is to transmit power between a traction battery and a first component. The second path is to transmit power between the traction battery and a second component.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2015Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventor: Carlos Ayala
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Publication number: 20150100187Abstract: A method of controlling a motor in a hybrid electric vehicle mitigates the risk of an incorrectly wired or incorrectly connected wiring harness. Following the connection or re-connection of a wiring harness, the vehicle responds to a torque request by limiting the magnitude of the motor torque until the proper direction of torque is confirmed. A flag is then set to record that torque direction has been confirmed so that the vehicle can respond normally to future requests. Several events may indicate that a wiring harness has been re-connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Brian Richard Light, Jonathan Andrew Butcher, Daniel Richard Luedtke, Darko Acevski, Carlos Ayala, Shailesh Shrikant Kozarekar
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Publication number: 20150011834Abstract: A method and apparatus for introducing a first elongate medical device and short wire guide that are coupled together into a work site and remotely disconnecting them within the work site such that a secondary device comprising a catheter member can be introduced over the wire guide to the work site, and/or a second wire guide can be introduced to the work site via a passageway of the primary access device. A separating member may be provided to remotely separate the wire guide from the elongate medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: Cook Medical Technologies LLCInventors: Juan Carlos Ayala, Stephen E. Deal, Charles Agnew, Gregory J. Skerven
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Patent number: 8702625Abstract: A steerable wire-guide comprises an elongate member having a longitudinal axis. The elongate member comprises a leading portion and a body portion. The leading portion comprises a loop and the body portion comprises a first wire and a second wire. The first and second wires are movable relative to each other such that relative movement of the first wire with respect to the second wire directs the leading portion in a first direction, which is at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis, and relative movement of the second wire with respect to the first wire directs the leading portion in a second direction different from the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLCInventors: Juan Carlos Ayala, David M. Hardin, Jason D. Foushee
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Patent number: 8512389Abstract: A method and apparatus for introducing a first elongate medical device and short wire guide that are coupled together into a work site and remotely disconnecting them within the work site such that a secondary device comprising a catheter member can be introduced over the wire guide to the work site, and/or a second wire guide can be introduced to the work site via a passageway of the primary access device. A separating member may be provided to remotely separate the wire guide from the elongate medical device.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies, LLCInventors: Juan Carlos Ayala, Stephen E. Deal, Charles Agnew, Gregory J. Skerven
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Patent number: 8211087Abstract: A method and apparatus for releasably securing a wire guide to an elongate medical device for introduction into a work site with the bodily lumen of a patient. An elongate engagement member is configured to engage the wire guide while it is coupled to the elongate medical device and is configured so as to prevent relative movement between the wire guide and the elongate medical device.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2004Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLCInventors: Matthew P. Carter, Frederick B. Haller, Kenneth C. Kennedy, II, Brian K. Rucker, Stephen E. Deal, Juan Carlos Ayala
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Patent number: 8070693Abstract: A steerable wire guide comprises first and second members interconnected to form a unitary composite structure. The members slide relative to each other such that the leading portion of the composite structure bends in a first or second direction. The composite structure comprises a soft body portion at its distal end and a rigid body portion at its proximal end. Various cross-sections are disclosed. In an alternate embodiment, the wire guide comprises a first guiding wire section, a wire loop section and a second guiding wire section, the wire component being folded back on itself to form a generally central wire loop section; and a tubular sheath surrounding the first guiding wire section and the second guiding wire section. The first and second members or guiding wire sections can be connected to a removable handle to facilitate control and maneuverability of the wire guide.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2006Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLCInventors: Juan Carlos Ayala, Matthew P. Carter, David M. Hardin
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Patent number: 7967830Abstract: A method and apparatus for introducing a first elongate medical device and short wire guide that are coupled together into a work site and remotely disconnecting them within the work site such that a secondary device comprising a catheter member can be introduced over the wire guide to the work site, and/or a second wire guide can be introduced to the work site via a passageway of the primary access device. A separating member may be provided to remotely separate the wire guide from the elongate medical device. In one example of the method, a wire guide and primary access device (e.g., a sphincterotome) is coupled to the wire guide and introduced via a duodenoscope into the biliary system.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2004Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLCInventors: Juan Carlos Ayala, Stephen E. Deal, Charles Agnew, Gregory J. Skerven
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Publication number: 20110087234Abstract: A method and apparatus for introducing a first elongate medical device and short wire guide that are coupled together into a work site and remotely disconnecting them within the work site such that a secondary device comprising a catheter member can be introduced over the wire guide to the work site, and/or a second wire guide can be introduced to the work site via a passageway of the primary access device. A separating member may be provided to remotely separate the wire guide from the elongate medical device. A system of indicia, such as radiopaque or viewable markers, permits the operator to monitor the relative alignment of the devices within the work site to determine when uncoupling has occurred. In one example of the method, a wire guide and primary access device (e.g., a sphincterotome) is coupled to the wire guide and introduced via a duodenoscope into the biliary system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: Wilson-Cook Medical Inc.Inventors: Juan Carlos Ayala, Stephen E. Deal, Charles Agnew, Gregory J. Skerven
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Patent number: 7758592Abstract: A wire guide has first and second portions with first and second diameters, respectively. A resilient loop positions a distal end of the wire guide adjacent another section of the wire guide. A closure member comprising at least one attachment tab maintains the distal end in a fixed position relative to the remainder of the wire guide. A covering may be positioned around one or more parts of the wire guide.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Wilson-Cook Medical Inc.Inventors: Juan Carlos Ayala, David M. Hardin, Jason D. Foushee
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Patent number: 7520881Abstract: A wire guide has first and second portions with first and second diameters, respectively. A resilient loop positions a distal end of the wire guide adjacent another section of the wire guide. A closure member maintains the distal end in a fixed position relative to the remainder of the wire guide. A covering may be positioned around one or more parts of the wire guide.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2003Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Wilson-Cook Medical IncorporatedInventors: Jason D. Foushee, Juan Carlos Ayala, David M. Hardin, Jr.
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Publication number: 20040215208Abstract: A wire guide has first and second portions with first and second diameters, respectively. A resilient loop positions a distal end of the wire guide adjacent another section of the wire guide. A closure member maintains the distal end in a fixed position relative to the remainder of the wire guide. A covering may be positioned around one or more parts of the wire guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2003Publication date: October 28, 2004Inventors: Jason D. Foushee, Juan Carlos Ayala, David M. Hardin